Published November 21, 2014
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Journal article
Perturbative gravity at null infinity
Creators
- 1. Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA (United Kingdom)
Description
We describe a theory that lives on the null conformal boundary I of asymptotically flat space-time, and whose states encode the radiative modes of (super)gravity. We study the induced action of the BMS group, verifying that the Ward identity for certain BMS supertranslations is equivalent to Weinberg's soft graviton theorem in the bulk. The subleading behaviour of soft gravitons may also be obtained from a Ward identity for certain superrotation generators in the extended BMS algebra proposed by Barnich and Troessaert. We show that the theory computes the complete classical gravitational S-matrix, perturbatively around the Minkowski vacuum. (paper)
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/31/22/225008Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Journal Volume
- 31
- Journal Issue
- 22
- Journal Page Range
- [12 p.]
- ISSN
- 0264-9381
- CODEN
- CQGRDG
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 46047336
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALGEBRA; GRAVITATION; GRAVITONS; MINKOWSKI SPACE; S MATRIX; SPACE-TIME; SUPERGRAVITY; WARD IDENTITY
- Descriptors DEC
- ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FIELD THEORIES; GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MATHEMATICS; MATRICES; POSTULATED PARTICLES; RADIATIONS; SPACE; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES